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Canon extended mode

Canon’s unique printer control mode used by specific application software

to print on the printer.

Centronics

An interface standard for parallel data transmission. The interface on this

printer is a Centronics-type parallel interface.

Character set

A complete collection of the characters and symbols that constitute all the

elements of a language or discipline (mathematics, for example), including

punctuation and numbers, with a one-to-one correspondence to the ASCII

codes 00-7F (hexadecimal). The printer uses these characters to determine

its printing and nonprinting activities after it receives data from the host

computer.

Code page

A set of 256 graphic designs (characters) associated with unique code

values from 0 through 255. Code Page 437 is USA and Code Page 850 is

Multilingual.

Commercial number 10 (COM10)

A common letter-size of business envelope (9.5 x 4.1 inches) in the United

States.

Composite black

The black color formed by mixing cyan, yellow, and magenta ink so that

they appear almost black on a printout.

Condensed

A text print mode that produces a reduced character size (approximately

60% of the width of the original pitch). The printer can produce condensed

text (17 cpi) for 10 cpi and condensed text (20 cpi) for 12 cpi.

Control code

Special data that invokes nonprinting functions of the printer, such as line

feed or carriage return. In the ASCII chart, control codes are represented by

decimal numbers 0-31, 127, 128, 159, and 255.

Courier

One of the fonts resident in this printer. Courier can be printed either fixed-

space or proportionally spaced.

cpi

Characters per inch. A unit of measurement relevant to a fixed-space font.

Because all characters have the same width, you can calculate the number

of characters printed per inch.

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